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science. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (5015 words) |
 | Mathematics, while not a science, is closely allied to the sciences because of their extensive use of it. |
| The physical sciences include physics, chemistry, and astronomy; the earth sciences (sometimes considered a part of the physical sciences) include geology, paleontology, oceanography, and meteorology; and the life sciences include all the branches of biology such as botany, zoology, genetics, and medicine. |
| Science, in the modern sense of the term, came into being in the 16th and 17th cent., with the merging of the craft tradition with scientific theory and the evolution of the scientific method. |
| 1965 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (208 words) |
| The year 1965 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. |
| November 16 - Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe from Baikonur, Kazakhstan toward Venus (on March 1, 1966 it became the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet). |
| November 26 - At the Hammaguira launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space. |
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